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In reply to the discussion: Throwing my hat in regarding the Wypipo controversy. [View all]TCJ70
(4,387 posts)You can't take a racial identifier, turn it into an insult, and then be surprised when people of that race give pushback. This seems kind of like gaslighting to me. We already have words for the things encompassed by wypipo:
- Racist
- Bigot
- Apathetic
But now those things are being lumped together under an umbrella term that is just a respelling of white people. These traits aren't limited to any one group of people. There are certainly racist, bigoted, apathetic people of all races. I'm trying to think of what the reaction would be if any other racial identifier were transformed this way. I'm pretty sure we all know it wouldn't be acceptable, as it shouldn't be.
As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing acceptable about race based insults. If you have a different standard, that's on you. But it's OK for people to express their disagreement on it as well. In response to that disagreement with race based insults myself and others have been labelled with this word. Certainly you don't think someone who thinks racial insults aren't OK has earned this label?